100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB4511

 

Introduced , by Rep. Sonya M. Harper

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
110 ILCS 330/6.7 new
210 ILCS 85/6.14c

    Amends the University of Illinois Hospital Act and Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that each hospital shall post, in each facility that has an emergency room, a notice in a conspicuous location in the emergency room with information about how to enroll in health insurance through the Illinois health insurance marketplace.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The University of Illinois Hospital Act is
5amended by adding Section 6.7 as follows:
 
6    (110 ILCS 330/6.7 new)
7    Sec. 6.7. Health insurance marketplace notices. The
8University of Illinois Hospital shall post, in each facility
9that has an emergency room, a notice in a conspicuous location
10in the emergency room with information about how to enroll in
11health insurance through the Illinois health insurance
12marketplace in accordance with Sections 1311 and 1321 of the
13federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
 
14    Section 10. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by
15changing Section 6.14c as follows:
 
16    (210 ILCS 85/6.14c)
17    Sec. 6.14c. Posting of information. Every hospital shall
18conspicuously post for display in an area of its offices
19accessible to patients, employees, and visitors the following:
20        (1) its current license;
21        (2) a description, provided by the Department, of

 

 

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1    complaint procedures established under this Act and the
2    name, address, and telephone number of a person authorized
3    by the Department to receive complaints;
4        (3) a list of any orders pertaining to the hospital
5    issued by the Department during the past year and any court
6    orders reviewing such Department orders issued during the
7    past year; and
8        (4) a list of the material available for public
9    inspection under Section 6.14d.
10    Each hospital shall post, in each facility that has an
11emergency room, a notice in a conspicuous location in the
12emergency room with information about how to enroll in health
13insurance through the Illinois health insurance marketplace in
14accordance with Sections 1311 and 1321 of the federal Patient
15Protection and Affordable Care Act.
16(Source: P.A. 91-242, eff. 1-1-00.)